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Adolescent Cluster A personality disorder symptoms, role assumption in the transition to adulthood, and resolution or persistence of symptoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2005

PATRICIA COHEN ,
HENIAN CHEN ,
STEPHANIE KASEN ,
JEFFREY G. JOHNSON ,
THOMAS CRAWFORD  and
KATHY GORDON
PATRICIA COHEN
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
HENIAN CHEN
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
STEPHANIE KASEN
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
JEFFREY G. JOHNSON
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
THOMAS CRAWFORD
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
KATHY GORDON
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute
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Abstract

Cluster A odd or eccentric personality disorder (PD) symptoms may reflect a schizophrenia spectrum biological vulnerability in at least some persons. Consequently, this symptom pattern may have particularly negative effects on the transition from adolescent to adult roles. A general population sample of 200 young adults was assessed on Cluster A PD at mean ages 17 and 22, and subsequently provided detailed narratives about their monthly experiences and behaviors between these two ages. Adolescent Cluster A PD was related to the developmental trajectories of residential, career, financial, romantic, and family formation roles during this period, and trajectories were related to a change in symptoms over this period. Symptoms were associated with early parenthood and less advanced education, but for other developmental outcomes tended to differ for men and women. These gender differences were attributable, in part, to the differential meaning and consequences of early parenthood for men and women.This work was funded by NIMH Grant MH-54161 to Patricia Cohen, and by the New York State Office of Mental Health.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 2005 , pp. 549 - 568
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